First Flush Phenomena for Highways: How It Can Be Meaningfully Defined

A new terminology and definition is proposed to document mass first flushes of stormwater pollutants. This newly defined terminology is applied to 52 storms over two wet seasons at nine highway sites. Most pollutants showed median mass first flushes where 30 percent of the mass is released in the first 20% of the runoff. Pollutants representing organic contaminants had the highest first flush ratios.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1061/40644(2002)223
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Ma, Jiun-Shiu
  • Khan, Sabbir
  • Li, Ying-Xia
  • Kim, Lee-Hyung
  • Ha, Simon
  • Lau, Sim-Lin
  • Kayhanian, Masoud
  • Stenstrom, Michael K
• Conference:
  • Ninth International Conference on Urban Drainage (9ICUD)
  • Location: Portland Oregon, United States
  • Date: 2002-9-8 to 2002-9-13
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: pp 1-11
• Monograph Title: Global Solutions for Urban Drainage

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Pollutants; Runoff; Storms; Water pollution; Wet weather
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01897422
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784406441
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Oct 25 2023 10:14AM